New hotspots emerge in Salford as city remains in coronavirus infection 'red zone'

hereGreater Manchester overall saw 9,072 cases, a rise of 38 per cent.All ten boroughs remain in the 'red zone' where PHE requires local intervention.The average infection rate for England was 117.4.Although the number of cases is rising steeply across much of the country, there is now much more testing than at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in April and May.

hereAfter Manchester, Rochdale (305.7) has the next highest infection rate followed by Salford (293.6), Bury (272.3), Bolton (251.1), Oldham (250.9), Wigan (239.5), Tameside (222.1) and finally Stockport (202.8).The average infection rate for England is 108.6.

Manchester United captain and Salford City co-owner Gary Neville has hit out at Premier League teams after they spent £1.24bn in the summer transfer window whilst EFL clubs continue to fight for survival.

hereTwo other districts have also seen sharp increases in the number of positive tests, Trafford and Stockport, although the total numbers are much smaller than in Manchester.In Trafford, some 511 positive tests were registered, a rise of 71 per cent on the previous week. In Stockport, there was a 78 per cent increase in cases (533 positives).The total number of positive tests was 8,256 in Greater Manchester overall during the week, a rise of 53 per cent.

confirmed more than 200 students and staff have tested positive for coronavirus in the past ten days.

hereAs of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 7,108 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, slightly down on the 7,143 reported on Tuesday, which was the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began.It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 453,264.The Government also said a further 71 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday.This brings the UK total to 42,143.Separate figures published by the UK's statistics agencies show

outbreak of 127 cases at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls of Residence.

Household-to-household transmissions are behind the outbreak in Longsight and north Levenshulme, where 54 new cases were found in the week to September 20.

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one more coronavirus death has been recorded at Greater Manchester’s hospitals.

coronavirus tests were recorded in a week in Greater Manchester for the first time, the latest figures show.

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise sharply across most of Greater Manchester with all ten boroughs now at the highest level of alert for the first time.Stockport and Trafford have now recorded an infection rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people in the local population - it's the first time the two boroughs have reached that milestone since the height of the pandemic in April.Manchester has also seen a significant rise in cases, registering 100 positive tests for three days in a

coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, the latest figures for Greater Manchester show.

Macclesfield Town FC supporter has been banned from watching football for the next three years after he was caught with a flare at a derby game.Oliver Bateman, 27, is said to have ignited the pyrotechnic before his pal threw it onto the pitch during a game at Salford City FC in November 2019.Manchester Magistrates Court heard at the time of kick off, a dedicated football officer spotted a blue smoke bomb being set off.Minutes later, the officer spotted another blue flare which was lit, then

the total number of positive cases in Greater Manchester increased by more than 50 per cent in one day.There were 576 positive cases confirmed in the region on Wednesday, compared with 374 on Tuesday.But that is likely to have been caused by the backlog of tests that have been taken that took longer to produce a result.A more accurate guide to the bigger picture is the infection rate.Our latest analysis of the data shows that Oldham is still seeing an increase in cases, but the infection rate

Wigan is now on coronavirus 'red alert' after the infection rate rose above the threshold to be placed on the government watchlist.

Wigan is now on coronavirus 'red alert' after the infection rate rose above the threshold to be placed on the government watchlist.

coronavirus outbreak began, the latest data for Greater Manchester shows.

more stringent restrictions on social gatherings anyway.The increase in infection rates is concerning to public health officials, given that there have been widespread complaints of people unable to get tested across Greater Manchester.In Oldham, people with symptoms were turned away from three walk-in testing sites with one MP claiming the online booking system has 'fallen over'.